Martin de Beer and Jeroen Hartsuiker were sworn in on June 25 by Chairman of the House Martin Bosma as members of parliament for the VVD.
Hartsuiker succeeds Thierry Aartsen, who took office on June 19 as Secretary of State for Public Transport and Environment. De Beer is the successor to Judith Tielen, who is now Secretary of State for Health, Welfare and Sport.
Municipal Executives
Before their parliamentary membership, both De Beer and Hartsuiker were municipal executives. This was respectively for the municipality of Heerlen and Borger-Odoorn. Both had, in addition to several other topics, economy and sustainability in their portfolios.